Special Interests
The River Trails Park District offers numerous activities for youth and teens! Check out our current special interest class and Parkour Programs. Youth also enjoy our summer camps, dance and athletic programming.
Classes
3D Programming & Design
With a partner, learn to program a computer in an innovative 3D programming environment, created by Carnegie Mellon University. The course makes it easy to create an animation for telling a story, playing an interactive game, or a video to share with friends. This object-oriented program is fun and challenging, as you learn fundamental
programming concepts in a virtual world.
| Age | Location | Day | Time | Date | Code & Fee |
| 8-12 yrs | Gary Morava Center | M-TH | 3:30-5 pm | Jun 19-22 | #25238 $103R/$123N |
Rockin’ Guitars
Learn to rock on the guitar! We cover the basics: chords, scales, rhythm and songs. Have your own guitar? Bring it! If not, we’ll supply one. Chad Berardi currently rocks Chicago with his own band, has been playing for 25 years and teaching for 14 years. No class July 4
| Age | Location | Day | Time | Date | Code & Fee |
| 6-12yrs | Weiss Community Center | Tuesdays | 3:30-4 pm | Jun 20-Aug 15 | #24819 $119R/$139N |
Robot Engineers-Amazing Mechanisms
Students work in teams, learning about pulleys, gears, levers and more as they build and program their robotic creations using the LEGO® WeDo Robotics System
| Age | Location | Day | Time | Date | Code & Fee |
| 7-12yrs | The Zone | M-Th | 3:30-5 pm | Jul 17-20 | #25239 $103R/$123N |
Lights, Camera….Spiderman
SpiderMan™ is back and you get to decide what his next adventure will be! As the writers, directors and producers of your own movie, working in teams to create your own story and script. Bring your SpiderMan figures as characters and film your movie using special movie making cameras and software. We will use graphic editing techniques and stop motion animation, add background noise and music. All students will get a copy of their movie after class is complete.
| Age | Location | Day | Time | Date | Code & Fee |
| 8-12yrs | Gary Morava Rec Center | M-Th | 3:30-5 pm | Jul 31-Aug 3 | #25240 $103R/$123N |